We (me and @njdowdy.bsky.social) are hiring a PhD student! Come work with us!
We seek a PhD student to investigate the evolution of acoustic behavior in Lepidoptera within a comparative evolutionary framework...
Job closes this week! Apply ASAP!
njdowdy.gitlab.io/balogh-fello...
A PhD position investigating the evolution of acoustic behavior in Lepidoptera, co-advised by Dr. Nicolas J. Dowdy (Milwaukee Public Museum) and Dr. Chelsea Cook (Marquette University). Apply by June ...
Our new paper out!
By comparing body pollen carried by diverse insect pollinators visiting the same Ligustrum flowers, we found striking variation not only among major pollinator groups, but also within them — even between males and females of the same bumble bee species.
Free view: rdcu.be/fj68l
I just returned from two back-to-back conferences. Students, I noticed that a lot of your slide decks had an oddly similar layout structure and I was able to confirm in conversations that these were AI-generated/assisted.
Some thought about this for your own professional development: 🧵
Peter H. Raven, co-author of "Escape and Radiate" coevolution with Paul Ehrlich, and then President and Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden for almost four decades, passed away April 25: www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/peter-raven
Great to see elephant hawk moths (Deilephila elpenor) back in our yard, enjoying some fresh nectar from gardenia flowers!
#teammoth #Pollinators
Nearly complete global phylogeny of all 289 bumble-bee spp.— a large-scale synthesis combining nuclear genes, COI, genomes, and ancient DNA into a single BEAST2 framework. #Bees #Bombus
